The National Teachers Union (Natu) is confident that the cabinet will agree to close schools when it meets soon.
“I am very confident they will close schools. The closing of schools is not only going to save the lives of teachers and pupils, but it’s also going to save the face of government because we have schools with matric pupils which have not yet opened.”
“Some schools have not have been supplied with water for more than two weeks. Some were given mobile toilets and now suppliers are collecting those mobile toilets. We want to believe that this is because they are not being paid.”“The only distribution they could make is for the first cohort [of pupils]. No proper arrangements were made for the second and third cohort.
He said schools were now also refusing to observe the standard operating procedures as they are not closing if a staff member or pupil tests positive for the coronavirus. However, Thompson conceded that government may not agree to their proposal to close schools until the end of next month “because they may be judged by the public as being run by the unions”.
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